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Here’s what we know for sure – the president will give a good speech Wednesday night. He always does. We also know that he will say a lot of things that the American public likes and agrees with when it comes to health care reform. He always does.

But there is one small problem. Speaker Pelosi’s bill, a bill that the president has endorsed, doesn’t have anything in common with the president’s eloquent, poll-tested rhetoric. In fact, no Democrat proposal exists from the president or any of his congressmen that has anything in common with the president’s rhetoric.

The president will tell us Wednesday night that if you like your current health care plan you can keep it, that no one will interfere with the doctor patient relationship, there will be no threat of rationing care for seniors, there will be no cuts to Medicare, the Cubs will win the World Series, and gravity is no longer a factor.

The truth is that the Democrats’ government-run health care experiment could force over 80 million Americans from their current health coverage. Hospitals and doctors could drop many of their patients.

Speaker Pelosi’s bill could also give government bureaucrats the power to limit or deny treatments, especially for seniors. Democrats plan over $500 billion in cuts to Medicare that could threaten access to treatments, especially for low-income seniors. They are also planning large tax increases on small businesses in America that will kill jobs and reduce economic growth.

After a masterfully conducted campaign last year, a campaign that redefined the artistry of marketing a candidate, this president has now finally found the limit of the power of marketing. As Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is one of the nation’s leading health care policy experts, said a few weeks back, “I don’t disagree with the things the president says on health care, I just find no correlation between his rhetoric and his actions.” There you have it.

The good news here is that the American people, as it turns out, can read. Who knew? The administration was hoping that with a barrage of primetime press conferences, well-choreographed town halls with the president, infomercials from the White House, and now a speech to a joint session of Congress, which they could blow past the pesky details and pass their massive government takeover of health care in America.

But that “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” strategy has failed; and President Obama finds himself confronting his real problem: speeches and marketing win campaigns, but speeches and marketing don’t solve problems, and they are certainly no substitute for governing.

If and when the President ever wants to get serious about enacting common sense reforms that actually address the rising costs of health care, the Republican Party is ready to work with him in a bipartisan way. But as long as he keeps promoting the fantasy that cramming through Nancy Pelosi’s government takeover of health care is the “change” America wants, no amount of beautiful speeches will get him out of Oz.

So…get your popcorn ready…enjoy the speech and the pageantry…but don’t fall for it. And if you miss the speech, don’t worry, there will be another one next week.

Michael Steele is a pathological liar. He knows the House bill won't force anyone off of their existing health care plan but rather will give them an option to change to a better and cheaper program. Note, he doesn't say anyone will lose their health care coverage, just that it might change. He knows that the cuts in Medicare spending will not effect coverage of seniors and that their care will be enhanced by the House bill. More cynically, he hates Medicare as do all Republicans and wants to see it repealed. Republicans supporting Medicare is an oxymoron.

Michael Steele says the Republicans are prepared to help reform health care, but they offer no plan and no ways to pay for any reform. If they cared so much about health care reform and not so much about the profits of their insurance company buddies, they would have done something about it during the last 8 years. They did nothing. They are against universal health care coverage. They believe insurance companies have a right to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions and that if you lose your job you should lose your health insurance and you are on your own. They believe insurance claims agents who get bonuses from denying claims should be between you and the care you get and should continue to be the real Death Panels in the present health care system. And they believe healthcare costs should continue to rise at 10% a year so only they, the rich, can get access to the health care system. By helping to make the cost of health care outside of the reach of average Americans, Republicans want to keep the present rationing of health care to themselves.

Michael Steele wants people to believe he supports the President, but not the Democrats in Congress. As I said, the man is a liar and will say and do anything to undermine this President in the hope that we as a country will fail and the Republicans can pick up the pieces.

Question, which party has been the most fiscally irresponsible party in American racking up 80% of all of our national debt. REPUBLICANS.

The president will tell us Wednesday night that if you like your current health care plan you can keep it, that no one will interfere with the doctor patient relationship, there will be no threat of rationing care for seniors, there will be no cuts to Medicare, the Cubs will win the World Series, and gravity is no longer a factor.

Sadly for the Cubs, Obama has a greater chance of delivering up a World Series for the Cubs to end the curse of the billy goat than he does of delivering up substantive health care reform, considering that there is no substantive health care reform measure under serious consideration in either house of Congress.

(No, HR3200, the "let's regulate the status quo" Act of 2009, does not qualify as "reform")

Yeah, who knew Americans can read! And who knew Bobby Jindal is 'one of the nation’s leading health care policy experts.' And how 'bout this whopper: the Republican Party is ready to work with him in a bipartisan way.' That must be the proposal Mr. Boehner was talking about, er...48 days ago. Gimme a break, Mr. Steele: go get a daytime job.

It would be so much easier if we just had one political party that was able to speak for all sides of an issue. Look at the money we'd save on campaigns and trips to Washington and there would be only one set of lobbyists. One sanctimonious center of the country and it would of course be the Republican Party. There would be no need to have your own morals all ethics and values and matters of importance would be described in the GOP Field Manual for American Living. There would furthermore be no Healthcare debate mucking up the airwaves, peace, happiness and saccharin sunshine for all. So, thank you Mr. Steele for getting us started on the Yellow Brick Road to success and prosperity that ends when the wizard is revealed to have all the healthcare reform money coming out his pockets behind the curtain.

Yeah, who knew Americans can read! And who knew Bobby Jindal is 'one of the nation’s leading health care policy experts.' And how 'bout this whopper: the Republican Party is ready to work with him in a bipartisan way.' That must be the proposal Mr. Boehner was talking about, er...48 days ago. Gimme a break, Mr. Steele: go get a daytime job.

The GOP had eight years of power to enact health care reform. They did nothing. They have resorted to their tactics of riling their base with lies and fear to attack health care reform. Now they are saying we should trust their ideas more than Obamas. Nonsense. Total nonsense. The GOP has destroyed their credibility. No one took it away from them. They destroyed it all by themselves.

Actually freebird some things were pushed in the last eight years but people like Saint O voted agaisnt them like tort reform for one thing. It is you that is distorted the facts but I am sure that is nothing new for you. Keep up the good work though I am sure there will be someone buying what you are selling.

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free bird Party: NA Reply #12 Sep. 9, 2009 - 10:52 AM ESTThe GOP had eight years of power to enact health care reform. They did nothing. They have resorted to their tactics of riling their base with lies and fear to attack health care reform. Now they are saying we should trust their ideas more than Obamas. Nonsense. Total nonsense. The GOP has destroyed their credibility. No one took it away from them. They destroyed it all by themselves.

Actually freebird you are the one distorting things as there were proposals made over the last 8 years but people like Saint O voted against them, like tort reform and portability but don't let the facts get in your way. Keep up the good work though as I am sure someone might buy what you are selling.

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free bird Party: NA Reply #12 Sep. 9, 2009 - 10:52 AM ESTThe GOP had eight years of power to enact health care reform. They did nothing. They have resorted to their tactics of riling their base with lies and fear to attack health care reform. Now they are saying we should trust their ideas more than Obamas. Nonsense. Total nonsense. The GOP has destroyed their credibility. No one took it away from them. They destroyed it all by themselves.

Actually freebird you are the one distorting things as there were proposals made over the last 8 years but people like Saint O voted against them, like tort reform and portability but don't let the facts get in your way. Keep up the good work though as I am sure someone might buy what you are selling.

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free bird Party: NA Reply #12 Sep. 9, 2009 - 10:52 AM ESTThe GOP had eight years of power to enact health care reform. They did nothing. They have resorted to their tactics of riling their base with lies and fear to attack health care reform. Now they are saying we should trust their ideas more than Obamas. Nonsense. Total nonsense. The GOP has destroyed their credibility. No one took it away from them. They destroyed it all by themselves.

Steele--you have no, none, zero integrity. If you did--and you're not alone, you'd write something, something, something--anything, that you held in agreement with the Obama administration. And I'm not just talking about some sweeping generalization of outcomes ('a better America), but specific legislation and strategies toward that outcome. To be fair, this is not just a Steele/Republican issue--partisanship is a Democratic issue as well--but not to a fraction of the degree to which Republicans have acted.

For those of you diehards (Reps and Dems) who read this--I dare you to go beyond Michael Steele. For God's sake, name some strategies and outcomes that you agree on. If you cannot do this, then I accuse you of treachery and treason. You've put your party before your country and it's people. You are in short--low lifes hoping for the failures of others and the success of yourselves at any costs. Despicable.

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Obama is untruthful and it is just becoming clear to the majority of americans that he is a less than stand up guy.

He is determined to destroy America & healthcare is just another means with which to accomplish that. We were admonished to ignore his radical associations prior to the election & now he has been stuffing these left leaning kooks in every available white house position. what a bunch of amatuers! The race card being trotted out at every opportunity is wearing very thin also. I mean, who does this guy think put him in office!??! Blacks are 12% of the population, Latinos 14%...all these WHITES that he apparently loathes put him in. There is no doubt that Glenn Beck pegged him correctly when he called him a racist. Here is a man who, along with Van Jones & the rest of these liberal babies, whine about white people, are completely convinced all of their ills were caused by white people, and wish to punish all white people for...being white? I never owned slaves, why should I pay reperations? (which BHO believes in) why should i pay for universal healthcare for people who choose not to purchase it or even take employment they may not like (construction workers) to have it for their families? I know these people & I shouldn't have to pay for them. Don't mind paying for kids or elderly though so system we have now is not perfect but workable. Get Dems out of Washington.